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The National Magazine New Series. March 1902

1902

He held the important office of the Sheriff of Calcutta together with those of the President of the Chamber of Commerce and the Director of several companies too numerous to be mentioned. [...] The legend moreover ascribes the malady of Panduwadewa to the wrath of heavan on the race of Wijaya for his pefidy to Kuveni and attributes the cure of the monarch to divine interventidt. [...] Malaya Raja thereupon assumed the form of a Brahmin caused propitiary offeings to be made removed the evil consequences of the oath restored Panduwas-dewa to his right mind and departed." The legend prbably preserves the memory of the arrival of a South Indian prince or of a Brahmin leech from the opposite coast for the cure of the Sinhalese monarch. [...] The king thought that in view of the above Sabittri should be given the choice of electing her partner in life and the king permitted her to frequent the aLodes of the Rishis foi the purpose. [...] But the Kshatriya.; and the Vaisyas wilt-) followed different professions were now divided into fresh castes such as the Kayasthas the Vaidyas the goldsmith the blacksmith the potter and the weaver and in the generrl ignorance of the times they were debarred from their ancient rights to acquire religious learning and wear the sacred thread.
humanities general
Pages
44
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120140
Segment Pages Author Actions
Science and Art
97-99 unknown view
The Late Hon’ble David Cowie
100-102 unknown view
The Story of the Sinhalese People
103-108 Edward Perera view
The tale of Sabittri
109-116 Bulloram Mullick view
Hindu Caste-System
117-131 K.C. Kanjilal view
The Native Chiefs and the People During the Sepoy Revolt
132-136 G.L.D. view
Reviews
137-140 unknown view

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